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Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
2021
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Maurice Chevalier
Acting
Born:September 12, 1888
Died:January 1, 1972(aged 83)
Birthplace:Paris, France
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Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade, The Big Pond, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour with You and Love Me Tonight. His trademark attire was a boater hat and tuxedo. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager. In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel. Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l'Alcazar in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics. In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre. After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta Dédé to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in Dédé. When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930), which secured his first big American hits, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". In 1957, he appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years. In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi. In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year. In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (62 movies)
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019
as Self (archive footage)
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Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
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Love in the Afternoon
1957
as Claude Chavasse
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The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
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The Little Cafe
1931
as Albert Lorifian
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Playboy of Paris
1930
as Albert Loriflan
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100 Years of Love
1954
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
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Monkey Business
1931
as Himself (voice)
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6.8
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
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6.8
With a Smile
1936
as Victor Larnois
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6.8
Silence Is Golden
1947
as Émile Clément
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Fanny
1961
as Panisse
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6.7
The Merry Widow
1934
as Count Danilo
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6.7
The Love Parade
1930
as Count Alfred Renard
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Can-Can
1960
as Paul Barriere
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Personal Column
1939
as Robert Fleury
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Love Me Tonight
1932
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
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6.5
One Hour with You
1932
as Dr. Andre Bertier
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In Search of the Castaways
1962
as Jacques Paganel
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Pepe
1960
as Maurice Chevalier
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Gigi
1958
as Honoré Lachaille
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Black Tights
1961
as Himself / Narrator
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A New Kind of Love
1963
as Self
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Paramount on Parade
1930
as Apache
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La Valse à la mode
1908
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Break the News
1938
as François Verrier
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I'd Rather Be Rich
1964
as Philip Dulaine
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The Big Pond
1930
as Pierre Mirande
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The Stolen Jools
1931
as Maurice Chevalier
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Folies Bergère
1935
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
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5.5
Make Me a Star
1932
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
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The Beloved Vagabond
1936
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
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Paris 1900
1948
as Self (archive footage)
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Monkeys, Go Home!
1967
as Father Sylvain
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A Breath of Scandal
1960
as Prince Philip
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The Man of the Day
1937
as Alfred Boulard
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Le Vagabond bien-aimé
1936
as Gaston de Nerac
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4.5
A Bedtime Story
1933
as Monsieur Rene
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Jessica
1962
as Father Antonio
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Count Your Blessings
1959
as Duc de St. Cloud
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Panic Button
1964
as Fontaine
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3.8
Just Me
1950
as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
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Gonzague
1923
as Gonzague / Maurice
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1.0
My Seven Little Sins
1954
as Comte André de Courvallon
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Folies Bergère
1935
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self - Host
Bad Boy
1923
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923
as Maurice
Schlagerparade
1953
as himself
Par habitude
1923
as Maurice
Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923
as Maurice
Innocents of Paris
1929
as Maurice Marney
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932
as Self
A Royal Affair
1949
as The King
Riviera Dream
1950
as Maurice Chevalier
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
1914
The Way to Love
1933
as François
Une soirée mondaine
1917
as Momo
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